Hardest Legendary to Capture?

[mikey]

So, obviously in all of the Pokemon games, you come across a Legendary that you can capture. The easy way to get one is to use that one Masterball that is always supplied for you in the games, but that's only one. There is always more than one legendary in each region that you have the chance to capture.

So, which Legendary was the hardest for you to catch when not using the Masterball?

My hardest was Rayquaza in my Emerald. It just did not want to join me XD Even with one HP, it kept jumping out of the ball. I eventually caught it with a UltraBall though :>

 

[princesskittenface]

i hate the roaming legendaries XP there always escpaing!
but lately the one i had the hardest time with was ho-oh @o@

 

[The Noob Hacker]

Suicune and Lugia in HG. Especially that Lugia.

I had 99 Ultra Balls.

I had to reset the game 5 times, each time because I either got Lugia down to using Struggle or I ran out of Pokeballs.

So I used roughly 500 Ultra Balls on one Lugia.

 

[Amore]

Well, they're all tricky. Especially roamers in Gen IV where there're multiple of them.

However, in Emerald, where I use my Masterball on Lati@s, it's got to be Kyogre.
I mean, the sheer levels of them (70 in a game where the Champion's best pokémon isn't even lv.60?) are one thing about that trio. However, Kyogre's worse as it has Sheer Cold, which no pokémon is immune to by type (I can simply get airborne to avoid Fissure, and Rayquaza doesn't have a KO move), Double-Edge to kill itself more reliably than Rayquaza's Outrage, and monstrous special defense. This proves extremely annoying when the two types that get super-effective coverage on water are both special types, with electric-types not even resisting water.

So yes, overall, I'd say thanks to sheer levels the Weather Trio are the hardest (Mewtwo's strong, but so are Kanto trainers, and I think of the Master Ball as the "Mewtwo ball" really). Sorting between them comes down to typing and movesets, so I rank them in difficulty like this:

1.

2.

3.

Yes, I am in an extremely Hoenn-supporting mood, but these guys are tough. Particularly when firing off 1-turn Solarbeams, Extremespeed of base 150 Attack, and Sheer Cold - the only 1HKO move which no pokémon is immune to.

 

[tkallab]

Giratina was the hardest for me. I literally spent weeks trying to catch him in Platinum, mainly because he always started to Struggle in the end.

 

[Drekin]

Rayquaza in Sapphire. Even though I had him in red and paralyzed he would not get in the freaking pokeball.

 

[Sydian]

Ho-oh in HG is being a meanie to me lately. Two attempts and I used everything but my Master Ball, and I'm ~totally~ not using that on a non-roamer. I normally don't have this problem, so 2 attempts is a big deal to me. lol

 

[Yames Payaso]

My hardest in awhile has been Ho-oh
I used every ball in my inventory and still didn't get him. [at least 100 balls]

then I killed him and realized I can come back whenever I want =D

 

[Kevin]

Ugh Rayquaza was a pain to capture for me also. Took a whole while until I captured it with an Ultra Ball.

 

[DoctorFred]

Groudon. 100% for me, no doubt. It's the only in-game pokemon i NEVER caught. I SR'ed over 20 times, it just wouldn't stay in. And i REFUSE to use my master ball n that thing. -__-

 

[PlatinumDude]

Azelf in D/P/Pt. If you let it get it to +6 Special Attack, you're pretty much screwed, as it makes it easier for it to take out your Pokemon.

 

[NightOfRemorse]

For me, it was that dang Ho-Oh from Heart Gold. It was such an annoying little thing -_-
I know this wasn't asked, but the easiest for me was Giratina. I caught it with a Pokéball xD

 

[curiousnathan]

For myself personally. Lugia would take the cake in my HG. I remember trying to catvh it on my GBC which took me thousands of years to catch until I finally caught it. Then when I tried to catch it in HG my god it was the same situation. Ultra Ball after Ultra Ball, Hypnosis after Hypnosis. Even when it was asleep it still wouldn't stop breaking free. But then one day I think it was a couple of week s ago, I threw a net ball out of just pure laziness and I actually caught it! After all that time!

 

[Lord_Storm]

Lately, the biggest troubles have come on SoulSilver, as for some reason, none of the legendaries other than the Hoenn ones, want to stay in the balls, no matter how hurt they are.

 

[Morgnarok]

The hardest one i had issues with was azelf for some reason in pokemon platinum.

 

[GlitchCity]

The roaming legendaries are always a pain. That why I use Umbreon + Mean Look + a lot of Ultra and Timer balls.

But the most difficult ones for me were the Regi-trio. It took me at least 2 tries each to capture them. They eventually use struggle which ticks me off.